Touch of Grace (Muir Woods, California)

Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 2 June 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Looks great! One can clearly see just how old this beautiful tree was. Another one gone! Just hope that new ones have been planted as replacements.

2 Jun 2008 6:17am

@dobbino: Hey Rob! Thanks! Yes i hope so too! This is a beautiful state park, so i assume they follow all the necessary rules... Simply gorgeous. If you ever visit San Francisco, make sure to take a walk in Muir Woods... wonderful place!

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

lovely shot, another one bites the dust :(

2 Jun 2008 8:27am

@Alun Lambert: Thanks -- And it is sad that this glorious tree was cut down... but the Forest / Park is well maintained and taken care of so hopefully it was a necessary cut... of course we can use as many standing trees as we have left nowadays...

Anthony Lambert from Germany

Great work. Really nice colours

2 Jun 2008 1:38pm

@Anthony Lambert: Cheers for the comment! It was a really rainy day and the lens was wet (which worried me some) but the result was that i got all sorts of halos... which i actually quite like... gives this image a bit of a transcendental take. :)

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

. . like passing a hand thru Time itself . . .

2 Jun 2008 2:57pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Thanks for the comment! When i took this picture i had something else in mind... but when i saw the results, it changed my mind completely... i love the spiritual essence this photo has!

zOOm from Paris, France

This tree must be so old, like leathered or stoned... wonderful colours too.

2 Jun 2008 4:08pm

@zOOm: Many thanks! Due to the rain, it does look quite petrified! :) And the cut surface of the trunk was very smooth to the touch.

Riccardo from Lyon, France

This tree is very very old!!! Whoa! What is it? Sequoia? Good evening dj Tigersprout.

2 Jun 2008 5:45pm

@Riccardo: Hello and good evening Riccardo! Yes, it is a Sequoia i believe. The forest we were in has sequoias and redwoods. Beautiful trees that are very big! :) Thanks for the comment!

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

That must be very very old.

2 Jun 2008 6:03pm

@Shuva Brata Deb: Hello and thanks! Yes, i don't know how to read age in tree years... but i think it is very old quite the same. Must have been some life!

fcofont from Valencia, Spain

I think every ring is one year and that trunk has a lot! Great shot!

2 Jun 2008 7:17pm

@fcofont: Thank you! If only the tree could speak... I'm sure it would have a great story to tell! Cheers.

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

The hand gives a scale and the number of rings its age, so we can see that it's really a big old trunk ... What a wonderful tree it musted to be !!

2 Jun 2008 9:18pm

@Evelyne Dubos: Thanks Evelyne! Yes, I imagine that this would have been a very majestic tree! :) Cheers.

Condemna from Barcelona, Andorra

The hand is touching History... it works very well as an allegoric image of time, death, transcendence, ...

2 Jun 2008 11:14pm

@Condemna: A million thanks! I totally love your interpretation! :) Yes i believe the imagery stands for all of those things! Great philosophical explanation!!

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

...magical!

4 Jun 2008 2:25pm

@bluechameleon: Thanks mate! Yeah -- I didn't try for this exactly... i just liked the composition through the viewfinder... but i am sure happy with the magical / spiritual results regardless! :)